Contra Costa College
2600 Mission Bell Drive
San Pablo, CA 94806
College Council Minutes
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
2:30 p.m., AA-143 Building
Present:
Faculty: Richard Akers, David Houston, Seti Sidharta, Wendy Williams
Classified: Alma Cardenas, John Christensen, Mercy Pono
Management: Michael Aldaco, Mariles Magalong, McKinley Williams
Students: Albert Amardis, Joseph Camacho, Jonathan McKinney, Enrique Maldonado
Absent; Carol Maga
Guests: Tim Clow, Bruce King, Leverett Smith, Kevin Sanders, Burl Toler, tBP Architects: Gary Frye,
Gary Moon, Stan Stadelman
1.
Call to Order – Meeting called to order by Chair, Joseph Camacho at 2:38 p.m.
CONSENT AGENDA/ACTION ITEMS
2.
Public Comment – None
ACTION ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA
NONCONSENT AGENDA – ACTION ITEMS
3.
Approval of Agenda – Mack requested to suspend the order. Richard seconded the motion.
4.
Building Surface Material Standards – Mack made the presentation in Carol’s absence. Mack
said it was about eight years ago when College Council identified certain standards of fixtures and colors
for the campus. Today the architects made a presentation displaying the fixtures and colors they currently
have available to them. Gary Moon began the power point presentation of the exterior and interior
buildings showing the materials and colors for our new College Center. Gary displayed a campus map of
the new buildings and their placement on campus. The glass windows will be blue/green with grey and
bone accent colors on the outside of the building. The Fireside Room Building will have a galvanized
metal roof. Glass, brick and metal will be the materials used with colors that fit into the campus
standards. The power point showed specifics of the inside of the classroom building. There are student
breakout niches along the corridors so the hallways are not monotonous. There will be a large lecture
classroom to hold 200 students and that room will be made with optimal acoustics. The lecture classroom
will have motorized window coverings to control the lighting. There still needs to be a decision made on
carpet or flooring in the classroom building. Accent colors will be used on the walls in the classrooms.
Gary said our intent is to be as sustainable as possible. A lot of the materials are recycled materials and
more environmental friendly. Originally they were looking at ceramic tile which is not produced any
more so now they are looking at a porcelain tile. Mack asked if they could show the rendering of our new
food service area. Construction on these buildings won’t start until summer of 2012. Richard asked
about satellite opportunities for culinary. Mack said that idea was not affordable. Wendy had concerns
about the placement of student desks and chairs for testing purposes in the new building. David said the
presentation was stunning and he is very impressed.
5.
Approval of Agenda – No further changes.
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6.
Approval of Minutes from September 8, 2010 – Joseph motioned to approve the minutes and
Richard seconded the motion.
7.
Wording for Martin Padilla Plaque – Mercy read the proposed wording of the Martin Padilla
plaque.
In Memory of Martin Padilla (1957 – 2008)
Martin Padilla served as Evening Supervisor at Contra Costa College from 1989 to 2008. We
remember him for his commitment to our students and dedication to our college mission. Martin’s
unfailing helpfulness touched every person with whom his paths crossed.
We honor this man in his likeness.
Dedicated by the CCC Foundation on_______________.
There was a question about the plural of “paths” in the statement. Mack said we will check with the
English Department. Someone questioned the word “helpfulness” too. Perhaps replace “helpfulness”
with “service.” Mercy said Martin was all about service. It was agreed unfailing “service” should be
used. Another suggestion was to replace “helpfulness” with “unwavering passion for service.” Wendy
asked if we should have any explanation of how he passed. It was agreed that we want to celebrate his
life and not memorialize his death. Another suggestion was to use the phrase: “…touched every person
who crossed his path.”
Proposed changes:
Martin Padilla served as Evening Supervisor at Contra Costa College from 1989 to 2008. We
remember him for his commitment to our students and his dedication to our mission.
Martin’s unwavering passion for service touched every person who crossed his path.
We honor this man in his likeness.
Dedicated by the CCC Foundation on __________________.
This will be brought back to the council for a second read. Any changes can be sent to Dr. Clow.
INFORMATION/DISCUSSION
8.
Achievement Gap – Mack said we talked about this topic at All College Day and the Traveling
Road Shows. The district wants all of the colleges to engage in this conversation so we can improve our
student success. Mack said he has asked the R & P Committee to develop data and distribute it around to
the campus to show where we are lacking in our students’ achievement. Our college is positioned to do
something to make all of our students equally successful. The district has put aside $75,000 and we have
set aside $40,000 to help solve this problem. November 5th there will be a district-wide meeting on this
topic at the Crowne Plaza in Concord. Wendy said we need to elicit information from the students who
leave us. Hopefully the R & P Committee will elicit ideas for strategies. Mack said Tim has completed a
couple of surveys in the past on why students leave us. Mack said we looked at statistics on students who
became eligible for transfer after four years. The data showed we served 13,000 in that four year period
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and only 210 became eligible for transfer after four years. These are very poultry statistics that must be
increased.
9.
Budget Update – Mariles said we finally have a State budget. The State budget impacts the
district and each college. The State budget will be discussed tonight after the governing board meeting.
A 2.2% enrollment growth increase was approved by the State. DVC will receive the 182 FTES that it
gave us this last year. The State budget allocates a $35 million backfill to the categorical cuts. There is
no COLA. The State is saying a lot of the funding will be deferred which means some districts may have
to borrow money to continue business throughout the year. Richard said we are paying for the negligence
of others. The budget may be revisited after the election as soon as the new governor is in place. Mariles
continued to report that community colleges will receive new money -- 3.9 million statewide. Our
District’s share is $101,000 and CCC’s share is about $22,000. The State would like us to use those
funds for personnel costs. Wendy asked if we would ever consider selling advertising. Mack said he
would consider it under the right circumstances as we wouldn’t want to advertise cigarette or alcohol
companies. Mack said the PE department is considering Bingo nights to generate income.
10.
Remodel and Other Measure A Activities – Mack said we are finishing up the planning for the
Music building. Mack thanked everyone for their patience with the AA Building remodel. There have
been some student complaints about the noise in the AA Building. We are moving forward with storage
tanks for the well water and hopefully this will save us around $50,000 in water costs. The baseball and
softball dug outs are being renovated. We are going to also try to spruce up the entrance to our football
field as the monies on this project were designated to bring ADA compliancy to the athletic field area.
11.
Readdress College Council Meeting Protocol – Joseph said this item was brought forth at
May’s College Council meeting last academic year. The by-laws that Jennifer proposed last year were
distributed. Joseph asked for a subcommittee on this topic. Richard and John Christensen volunteered to
be on the committee. Joseph and Mack also volunteered. Mack will convene the meeting. Wendy asked
if any other committees have by-laws. Richard said Academic senate does and Mercy said so does the
Classified Senate. Any additions to the by-laws may be emailed to Mack.
12.
Reports from Constituency Groups - Mercy reported they have a classified potluck scheduled
for November 4th and will be discussing the achievement gap to see how the classified can help with this
issue. They have invited McKinley, Richard and Tim to speak on this issue. They are also working with
Chef Sharkes to hold a Martin Padilla day with proceeds going to the sculpture fund. This day is
tentatively scheduled for November 5th with culinary selling barbeque. Notification via e-mail will be
sent soon to the campus community.
Richard congratulated Leverett Smith for moving into the Dean’s position. Seti Sidharta will be taking
Leverett’s place on this committee and the Senate as well. Richard announced that we are about $1,300
short from our goal of the $7,500 for the Martin Padilla Sculpture Fund. Rick Ramos went to Sacramento
to participate in discussions about SB 1440. This is the first of many dialogues stemming from the new
legislation. There is student representation from the student State senate on this committee.
Mack said Chancellor’s Cabinet had a discussion about SB 1440 and its impact on students and our
college will be huge as we will have to create a transfer degree that will affect some of our degrees we
already have in place. It would not be wise for each of our colleges to develop different transfer degrees
as we will need to work with our sister campuses so that our transfer degree is consistent among all three
campuses. Thursday (tomorrow) will be a homecoming rally. Saturday is the homecoming game with a
tailgate party that starts at 11:00 a.m. Mack said next Tuesday, October 19, 2010, Congressman Miller
will hold a town hall meeting on our campus in the ASU Recreation. He has been a staunch supporter of
CCC and he is helping us to obtain the armory.
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Joseph introduced Albert, Jonathon and Enrique as student representatives attending College Council.
Joseph announced they had their candidate forum with a lot of attendance. Their upcoming events are:
November 3rd --faculty debate; November 17th -- finance seminar. Richard said the previous faculty
debates had faculty debating faculty and suggested that the next debates have faculty debating
management. In the spirit of the traveling road show, the ASU will hold their meetings at different
locations on campus for higher visibility. Joseph said they are making some progress on their budget as
they started this year with a deficit.
13.
Readdress Designated Smoking Areas - Leverett said students are continuing to smoke on
campus in undesignated areas. Joseph said the police do not enforce the smoking areas policy as they
said it is too hard to enforce. Wendy said we need more signage. Perhaps the signage could explain why
second hand smoke is harming others. Richard said we need a consequence like a ticket to pay in order to
change smoking behaviors. Seti said that someone recently discarded a live cigarette butt into the
cigarette disposal container and the container was emitting lots of smoke. Leverett has directed smoking
students to the parking areas. John said the attitude in which we approach smokers in undesignated areas
can make a difference in having them move to the parking lots. Michael concurred with John’s statement
and said if asked politely, most students will move. Although, Michael said it is an enforcement issue.
Mack said we have had many conversations about this policy. Police felt this issue was not a priority as
they do not have the personnel to enforce it. Mack said creating a non-smoking campus should become
part of our campus culture. We should not be afraid to let someone know that it is our culture that we
want smoking only in the designated areas. We may want to move the cigarette disposal containers so
they are further away from the buildings. Mack said this would be a great debate or workshop topic to
use as a teaching tool. It is all about disseminating the information. Albert said the signage is not clear as
to where the smoking areas are located on campus. Joseph said we can defer this issue to the Safety
Committee. Mack said College Council could have an information session. Seti said we should
incorporate this topic with the Wellness Fair. Albert said he will bring this to the Wellness Fair. Bruce
will take this topic back to Operations Council. Perhaps parking lot signs could read “Parking and
Smoking Areas.”
14.
Announcements – Mercy said she said she started a program called Drop Everything and Read
and next Wednesday, Mack, Richard and Mercy will read to the children in the Early Learning Center.
Mercy also makes little kiddy bags for the children. Joseph and Seti also volunteered to help read next
Wednesday. Mercy said the Early Learning Center has books or you can bring your own.
Seti announced the prelaw seminar on Friday in LA-100.
Michael reminded everyone we are little over a month away for students to drop with a “W”. November
19th is the deadline for semester long classes.
15.
Next Meeting – November 20, 2010
16.
Meeting Adjourned at 4:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Melody Hanson
Senior Executive Assistant to the President
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